Christophe Barbier
Christophe Barbier is a French political journalist and columnist who was chief editor of L'Express from 2006 to 2016.
Born in Sallanches, Haute-Savoie, Barbier attended the Lycée du Parc in Lyon and graduated from the École normale supérieure in 1987 and ESCP Europe in Paris in 1992. He worked for Le Point from 1990 to 1995 and Europe 1 from 1995 until 1996. He was promoted that year head of the political service of L'Express.
He became editorial assistant in 2001 and served as chief editor from 2006 to 2016. During that period he was a frequent guest of LCI and i>Télé and the daily TV show C dans l'air broadcast on France 5. He currently works as a news columnist for BFM TV.Books
- Les Derniers Jours de François Mitterrand, Grasset, 1997
- La Comédie des orphelins, Grasset, 2000
- La guerre de l'Élysée n'aura pas lieu, Grasset, 2001
- La Saga Sarkozy, Éditions L'Express, 2007
- Le Bleu de la terre, 2007
- Les Nouveaux Caractères, 2007
- Le vrai pouvoir des francs-maçons, by François Koch, Éditions L'Express, 2009
- L'Express. 60 ans à la une, Éditions de la Martinière, 2011
- Les grands entretiens de l'Express, Éditions L'Express, 2011
- Parrains du siècle : destins et déclins, by Bruno Aubry, Éditions L'Express, 2011
- Maquillages. Les politiques sans fard, 2012
- Rêvons !, with Marc Jolivet, Flammarion, 2013
- Dictionnaire amoureux du théâtre, Plon, 2015
- Les derniers jours de la gauche, Flammarion, 2017
